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Gre Study 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Amenable | Agreeable;responsive to suggestion |
| Anachronism | Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context |
| Astringent | Having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue |
| Contiguous | Sharing a border; touching; adjacent |
| Cynicism | An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness |
| Decorum | Polite or appropriate conduct or behavior |
| Derision | Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment |
| Dilettante | One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge |
| Disparage | To slight or belittle |
| Divulge | To disclose something secret |
| Fawn | To flatter or praise excessively |
| Flout | To show contempt for, as in a rule or convention |
| Garrulous | Pointlessly talkative; talking too much |
| Glib | Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial |
| Hubris | Overbearing presumption of pride; arrogance |
| Immutable | Not capable of change |
| Impetuous | Hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement |
| Inimical | Damaging; harmful; injurious |
| Intractable | Not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate |
| Intrepid | Steadfast and courageous |
| Laconic | Using few words; terse |
| Maverick | An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party |
| Mercurial | Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood |
| Neophyte | A recent convert; a beginner; novice |
| Obfuscate | To deliberately obscure; to make confusing |
| Obstinate | Stubborn;hard-headed; uncompromising |
| Ostentatious | Characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy |
| Pervade | To permeate throughout |
| Phlegmatic | Calm; sluggish; unemotional |
| Pragmatic | Practical rather than idealistic |
| Presumptuous | Overstepping due bounds (as of property or courtesy); talking liberties |
| Probity | Adherent to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness |
| Proclivity | A natural predisposition or inclination |
| Profligate | Excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant |
| Propensity | A natural inclination or tendency; penchant |
| Prosaic | Dull; lacking in spirit or imagination |
| Quixotic | Foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals |
| Quotidian | Occurring or reoccurring daily; commonplace |
| Rarefy | To make or become thin, less dense; to refine |
| Recondite | Hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure |
| Refulgent | Radiant; shiny; brilliant |
| Renege | To fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise |
| Sedulous | Diligent; persistent; hard-working |
| Soporific | Causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
| Spendthrift | One who spends money wastefully |
| Tacit | Implied; not explicitly stated |
| Terse | Brief and concise in wording |
| Tout | To publicly praise or promote |
| Trenchant | Sharply perceptive; keen ; penetrating |
| Unfeigned | Genuine; not false or hypocritical |
| Variegated | Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different colors |
| Vexation | Annoyance; irritation |
| Vituperate | To use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate |
| Volatile | Readily changing to vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive |
| Obsequious | Fawning; ingratiating |
| Polemical | Controversial; argumentative |
| Tenuous | Thin; flimsy; of little substance |
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